Say You Want Me

There's no way I'll fall for Wyatt Hennington. He can keep his Southern drawl, irresistible smile, and those pick-up lines all to himself. I made the mistake of sleeping with him not once, but twice. I'm not stupid enough to give him round three, especially after he left me in the middle of the night so I could see myself out. I vow to return to Philadelphia and forget him.

Right

My childhood was perfect. I've led a charmed life, and I'm not going to blow it now by picking the wrong guy. I've got my sights set on my brother's best friend. He's known my family for years. He's reliable and kind and handsome. Sure, he's been avoiding me since I was six. I'm a bit aggressive for him, maybe. But he's the one...right?

Wrong

I have a history of picking the wrong guy. Gay? Player? Momma's boy? Check, check and check. Now I can't stop fantasizing about one of the customers at the coffee shop I work at between classes. It's just a harmless crush, right? It's not like I ever see this guy outside of the coffee shop. It's not like I'm going to see him while attempting to get birth control at the student clinic. While wearing a paper gown. While sitting on an exam table. Because he's the doctor. Shoot. Me.

Ghost: Boston Underworld, Book 3

I have always been a bird. Caged by one prison or another when the only thing I ever wanted was to fly away. Sold. Beaten. Starved. Drugged. Nothing scares me anymore. Until him. He makes the numbness go away. He is hazardous to me. It has nothing to do with his mafia lifestyle, and everything to do with what he offers. A gilded prison. A retreat from everything that I once knew. The reality I have no desire to return to. He thinks he's caged me, but soon I'm going to fly.

Reaper: Boston Underworld, Book 2

He's dark and mysterious. Quiet and lethal. An Irish mobster. Pure sin wrapped up in a beautiful package. But there's also something off about him. He doesn't feel anything. He shows no emotions. Sometimes, I question his humanity. He hasn't spoken to me in two years. Not a single word. But we share a secret, he and I. And if it ever comes out, I have no doubt in my mind.... He won't have a problem killing me, too.

Tru Blue

There's nothing Truman Gritt won't do to protect his family - including spending years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. When he's finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother's overdose, and Truman steps in to raise the children she's left behind. Truman's hard, he's secretive, and he's trying to save a brother who's even more broken than he is. He's never needed help in his life, and when beautiful Gemma Wright tries to step in, he's less than accepting.

Wait: A Bleeding Stars Stand-Alone Novel

Edie Evans is gorgeous. Sexy. Kind. She's also the definition of off-limits. But that didn't stop me from sneaking into her room to comfort her at night. But guys like me? We destroy everything, so it should have been no surprise when I destroyed us, too. The night I sent her running, I thought I'd never see her again. Until I saw her standing like a vision in the crowd.

It Ain't Me, Babe

Salome knows only one way to live - under Prophet David’s rule. In the commune she calls home, Salome knows nothing of life beyond her strict faith, nor of life beyond the Fence - the fence that cages her, keeps her trapped in an endless cycle of misery. A life she believes she is destined to always lead, until a horrific event sets her free. Fleeing the absolute safety of all she has ever known, Salome is thrust into the world outside, a frightening world full of uncertainty and sin; into the protective arms of a person she believed she would never see again.

Ball Peen Hammer

Keane Morgan wouldn't return any of my calls or texts, and I was pissed as hell about it. I didn't want to drive from Seattle to L.A. with the guy any more than he wanted to drive with me, but I had no frickin' choice in the matter - at least, not if I wanted to use his brother Dax's coveted parking spot at UCLA. Okay, so it turned out Keane was objectively gorgeous, and, fine, pretty funny, too. But did he have to be so damned in love with himself? I mean, jeez, the cocky way he flashed those dimples was just so orchestrated.

The Score

Allie Hayes is in crisis mode. With graduation looming, she still doesn't have the first clue about what she's going to do after college. To make matters worse, she's nursing a broken heart thanks to the end of her longtime relationship. Wild rebound sex is definitely not the solution to her problems, but gorgeous hockey star Dean Di-Laurentis is impossible to resist. Just once, though, because even if her future is uncertain, it sure as heck won't include the king of one-night stands.

Four Letter Word

Sydney Paige was never so mortified to hear the words "wrong number" in her life. She meant to tell off the guy who broke her best friend's heart but unleashed her anger on a perfect stranger instead. And now her world is turned upside down by the captivating man who wants to keep her on the line. Brian Savage is living a life he's quickly come to hate - until Sydney's wild rant has him hooked and hungry for more. Soon the sexy woman on the phone becomes the lover in his bed. But Brian has secrets.

A Lover's Lament

In a matter of seconds, my entire world changed, and it was in that moment that I stopped living and simply began to exist. In my grief, I sent a letter to the first boy I ever loved. I hoped in writing it I'd find some peace from the nightmare I was living, some solace in my anger. I didn't expect him to write back. I wasn't prepared for his words, and I certainly wasn't ready for the impact this soldier would have on my life. A deep-rooted hate transformed into friendship, and then molded into a love like I'd never known before.

Sweet Cheeks

Enter Hayes Whitley. Mega-movie star. The man who has captured the hearts of millions. But I gave him mine years ago. He was my first love. He was my everything. Right until he up and left to chase his dreams without so much as a simple goodbye. When he showed up out of the blue 10 years later, I should have known to steer clear. I should have rejected his offer to take me to my ex's wedding and told him he was crazy when he suggested we act like a couple to show my ex, it's true, I could do better than him.

Souls Unfractured

Labeled a 'Cursed' woman of Eve from birth, Maddie has endured nothing but pain and repression at the hands of The Order's most abusive elder, Moses. Now living with her sister in The Hangmen's secluded compound, Maddie is free. Free from the suffocating faith she no longer believes in. Free from endless years of physical and mental torment. Maddie is content to live within the confines of her new home - safe from the outside world, safe from harm and protected by the Hangmen's most volatile member.

Heart Recaptured

A few long weeks after being reluctantly ripped from the comforting embrace of her sacred prophet's religious commune - the only life she has ever known - a terrified Delilah is thrust into a world enveloped by evil and swimming in sin. Steadfastly devout in her faith, and retaining the deep belief that her soul is innately tarnished as a branded "Cursed woman of Eve", Delilah is determined to find her way home to her people in The Order and away from the corrupt and damned outlaw motorcycle club - The Hades Hangmen.

King: King Series #1

Homeless. Hungry. Desperate. Doe has no memories of who she is or where she comes from. A notorious career criminal just released from prison, King is someone you don't want to cross unless you're prepared to pay him back in blood, sweat, sex, or a combination of all three. King's future hangs in the balance. Doe's is written in her past. When they come crashing together, they will have to learn that sometimes in order to hold on, you have to first let go.

Fractures in Ink

Waitressing at a seedy strip club isn't ideal, but it pays Sarah Adamson's tuition. Her goal is to finish her master's program and get a job that doesn't involve tight skirts and groping hands. She doesn't need distractions. Especially not the one that comes in the form of a hot-as-sin tattoo artist who works across the street from her apartment. Kicked out at 16, and a high school dropout, Chris Zelter is familiar with wanting things he can't have. His fractured life has never been easy.

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

Vanessa Mazur knows she's doing the right thing. She shouldn't feel bad for quitting. Being an assistant/housekeeper/fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans, and none of them include washing extra-large underwear longer than necessary. But when Aiden Graves shows up at her door wanting her to come back, she's beyond shocked.

Stoned: Wrecked, Book 1

As the lead singer of one of the hottest bands to hit the rock scene, f--ks are free, drugs come easy, and music is life. For as long as Stone can remember, Willow has been his music - the notes that weave his soul together. His rhythm. >Until he threw her away.

A Stone in the Sea: Bleeding Stars, Book 1

He wanted nothing at all...until he found she had everything to give.... Sunder lead singer and guitarist Sebastian Stone has everything - fans, fame, and fortune. He also has a heart full of bitterness and a reputation for a short-fused temper. But an outward reputation rarely reveals the true man inside.

Love Hurts: Caged Love, Book 1

Inside the Octagon, I have no fear. I'm at home, in my element, inflicting pain onto men trained to hurt me just as badly. Making them submit, knocking them out, maiming them, because it's them or me. And I choose them.

Say You'll Stay

One word. Stay. It was all he had to do. Instead, he got on that bus and took my heart with him. That was 17 years ago. I moved on. Marriage. Kids. White picket fence. Everything I ever wanted, but my husband betrayed me and I was left once again.

Beautiful Entourage: Beautiful Entourage, Book 1

Being a professional escort comes with its vices. To keep women from getting too clingy, stop them from dropping their panties, and silence them before they can blurt the L word, Rhett has made certain rules. He never breaks them. Ever. But when Aspen, a beautiful brunette, hires him to help repair her image to her family, things get complicated.

Publisher's Summary

Sound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important. But what if, when the clarity fades into silence, it's the obscure background noise that you would give anything to hold on to?

I've always been a fighter. With parents who barely managed to stay out of jail and two little brothers who narrowly avoided foster care, I became skilled at dodging the punches life threw at me. Growing up, I didn't have anything I could call my own, but from the moment I met Eliza Reynolds, she was always mine. I became utterly addicted to her and the escape from reality we provided each other. Throughout the years, she had boyfriends and I had girlfriends, but there wasn't a single night that I didn't hear her voice.

You see, meeting the love of my life at age 13 was never part of my plan. However, neither was gradually going deaf at the age of 21.

They both happened anyway.

Now, I'm on the ropes during the toughest battles of my life.

Fighting for my career.

Fighting the impending silence.

Fighting for her.

Every night, just before falling asleep, she sighs as a final conscious breath leaves her.

Each book I read in this series just makes me a bigger fan of Aly Martinez. I enjoy how each is linked to the other its like seeing friend. the best for me is that these men love so hard, and each one reminds me of the love I share with my fiance.

This was a great story with good characters and a good start to the series. It had love/drama/humor, and some action. I am looking forward to listening to the next book.

Spoiler...I have one reason why I didn't make this a 5 star. After they took the next step in their friendship to lovers and then decided to go back being friends for another 3 years, they dated other people during that time. Which is fine, but the fact they were so completely in love with eachother and both knew it, yet still slept with other people during those 3 years of just being friends put me off. I can see dating other people and trying to move on but actually being able to go all the way with another person no. Not while spending every day with eachother and being so completely in love, no matter how much time had past. There is no cheating and we don't even hear details about anyone else just a mention of it. Either way it still bothered me so I gave it a 3.5 star.

One of the greatest love stories I've ever read. You can't help but adore all the characters, well except for Frankie and Clay. The story is clever, triumphant, full of action and has just enough humor(the laugh out loud kind) to keep it from being too serious. It is a book I truly wished had never ended

This was a really good story. I liked both Eliza and Till very much and enjoyed their story. This is the first book I've read by this author and I liked this well enough that I'm sure I'll try more of her work in the future.

Eliza is a nice girl that grew up without much. When I say without much, I don't just mean her family was poor, I mean she didn't get much love either since her parents saw her more as a burden than someone they should love. Eliza loved drawing and such so it was unfortunate that the only time her mother paid her any attention was to tell her not to waste time on art and throw away any art supplies Eliza had managed to get. Because of this, Eliza spent most of her time in a condemned apartment in her neighborhood so she could have a place to draw and hide her supplies.

Till is a good guy but grew up with even less than Eliza. His father wasn't around much and then got sent to prison. Till's mother is a drunk that is rarely around and doesn't bother with trying to be a mother to Till or his two younger brothers. Till had to take a hand in raising his brothers and bringing in money to make rent and food since his mother rarely bothered with such things.

When the story being, Till and Eliza are both young and they go to school together but don't really know each other (not positive but I think they were around 13 years old at the time). Till had just found out about his hearing issues and that they'd get worse and worse as Till grew up. He's upset and goes to find someplace to be alone. Till happens across a condemned apartment with an open window and when he climbs in, he meets Eliza. Eliza has been hanging out there a while and isn't sure about Till being there but soon they start hanging out in the apartment on a daily basis. Till and Eliza never actually talk in school but in their apartment, they're BFFs and have their own little world.

As they're growing up, Eliza wants more with Till and he does as well but he won't allow anything to move forward between them. Partially, this seems to be due to the fact that he thinks that high school relationships never last and Till wants Eliza in his life and doesn't want to mess it up. Eventually though, it seems to be more that Till doesn't think he'll ever actually get something good for himself without life taking it away. He's determined that if he gets in a relationship with Eliza, thing will get messed up and he'll end up losing her completely and then he couldn't even have her friendship. Of course, eventually the fine line of friendship gets crossed...and yeah, it messes things up but pretty much just because Till's issues. There's a bit of back and forth and Eliza is pretty cool about things until Till finally pushes her too far and Till has to learn his lesson or lose her for good. Once they fix things, we get to see their relationship progress through the years until the story ends with Till and Eliza well on the way to their HEA together.

This was a really enjoyable story. Eliza was a great heroine. She was smart, sweet and giving without being a pushover. Till was a good hero. I liked him very much except for his issues that caused him to push Eliza away. I guess I never really "got" his issues completely so it bugged me a bit. Outside of that, I had no real complaints about the story. Overall, it was very good and kept me interested until the end. I'd recommend this book. :)

This book was a surprise. I really enjoyed watching two teenagers falling in love and living life. This story starts out when they are young and takes you through the lives as they finally get their happily ever after. Life hits them hard, they did not have an easy life ... but the angst, love and growing up was all part of this enjoyable story. The characters are well developed. A reader becomes invested in the story. At the end you are pulling so hard for a happy ending! Enjoyed this book! Credit worthy!!!

Loved this book 10*'s I have come to expect a really good book from Aly Martinez and this doesn't disappoint. Great story line, beautfully crafted, brought both laughter and tears. I was completely entranced by the strong family bonds, great characters.Narrator (Laura Jennings) did a fabulous job given there were many male voices to convey.I would totally listen to the rest of the series (an accolade from me as I don't really like series, they bore me), I'm dying to know Flins story, but they haven't come to Audible yet - come on Audible get on it....

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